Ambulatory oxygen improves the effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in selected patients

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic respiratory disease; Respiratory

• Registration Number: ISRCTN22894945
• Lead Sponsor: Surrey Community Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

Patients (aged 50 - 87 years, either sex) with chronic respiratory disease enrolled in pulmonary rehabilitation who have resting saturations greater than 92%, but desaturate by greater than 4% and to less than 90% on exertion and who then walk greater than 10% further with ambulatory oxygen during field exercise testing at baseline.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Already on oxygen therapy (long-term or ambulatory)
2. Those who do not desaturate significantly on exertion
3. Those who do desaturate but do not demonstrate benefit using ambulatory oxygen at baseline

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified